Archive for September, 2010

AMA booth decked out in YDreams technology @ Portugal Tecnológico 2010

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A.M.A. booth at Portugal Tecnolóico 2010

AMA booth at Portugal Tecnolóico 2010

AMA, Portugal’s Agency for Administrative Modernization, commissioned YDreams to develop intuitive, interactive solutions that would allow visitors to their booth at Portugal Tecnológico 2010, an event dedicated to showcasing the latest trends and breakthroughs in technology and innovation on a national level, to explore the public institute’s Simplification Projects and latest services for citizens.

Interactive touch table

Interactive touch table

Visitors to the AMA booth can browse digital touch displays to learn more about the new Portuguese national identity card (first launched in mid 2006) as well as the latest administrative operations, among others, which can now be performed online. Another YDreams app on hand is an interactive touch table for exploring the extensive network of citizen shops and single point of contact counters administered by AMA throughout Portugal, and locate any specific one, anywhere in the country.

Gestured-based digital info display

Tactile digital info display

The event, which kicked off on the 22nd September will run till the 26th September at FIL (Lisbon’s International Fairgrounds) in Parque das Nações.

Itaú Bank at FLIP (Paraty International Literary Festival)

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Every year, Paraty, a charming coastal town in Rio de Janeiro state hosts South America’s most important literary event. FLIP, the Portuguese acronym used to designate the event, which stands for International Literary Festival, was underway from August 4 – 6, 2010.

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Itaú Bank, one of the event sponsors, commissioned YDreams’ technological creativity, via Tudo Agency to reach out to audiences and facilitate information access at the event. Interactive apps on hand included touch screen totems for checking out the program schedule for the event, guest authors’ biographies as well as detailed info about Flipinha and Flipzona, two projects designed to simultaneously promote digital inclusion and work as an incentive to encourage reading amongst young people. The solutions also featured digital maps of the event, helped locate electronic machines and provided weather info in real time.